{I did not plan these bracelets, I looked up '3 best friend charm bracelets' online and these showed up.}

The next morning after the rave, I was standing in Derek's hideout with Erica, Derek, Boyd and Isaac. 

Erica and I were by the doorway as Boyd was leaning his back on the cart and Isaac was leaning over Derek's shoulder. "What is that?" Isaac asks, looking at the Triskele that Derek had.

"It's a triskele." Boyd says. We all look at him. "Spirals mean different things. Past, present, future. Mother, father, child." I raise an eyebrow but he just smiles lightly at me.

Derek nods. "You know what it means to us?"

"Alpha, Beta, Omega?" Boyd asks.

"That's right." Derek says. He gestures to the triskele before talking again. "It reminds us we all rise to one or fall to another. Beta's can become Alphas. But Alphas can fall to Betas, or even Omegas." Derek explains.

Isaac is the next to speak, as he looks in between Derek and I. "Like Mel and Scott?" He asks Derek.

"We don't know what Melanie is." Derek starts.

"And we don't tell Scott, or Stiles. The second my family finds out that there's something supernatural about me, they'll either kill me or make me kill myself." I explain to them.

Derek looks at me, as Erica begins to speak. "That's not gonna happen." Erica says. I smile at her and she smiles back.

"Scott's with us." Derek says, leaving the topic about my family, alone.

"Really?" Isaac asks. "Then where is he now?"

Derek looks at me. "Jackson" I mouth to him. "He's looking for Jackson." He tells the others. "Don't worry, he's not gonna have it easy tonight either." Derek bends down to grab some chains. "None of us will." I sigh. "There's a price you pay for this kind of power. You get the ability to heal." Derek says as Isaac grabs the head band, looking at it curiously. "But tonight, you're gonna want to kill anything you can find."

"Good thing I has my period last week, then." Erica says. I laugh in agreement as the boys just look at us.

Derek looks at the headband in Isaac's hand. "Well, this one's for you."

Erica sighs, looking at me. I give her a small smile.

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I walk into Allison's room as I hear Lydia talking.

"Clear your schedule. This could take a while. And where is Melanie, I got her dress." Lydia says as I walk closer. 

"You got me a dress?" I ask the strawberry blonde as I walked into the room.

Lydia smiles at me. "Of course." She says then looks at Allison. "I got you both dresses."

Allie looks at all the bags. "How many outfits do you plan on wearing tonight?" 

"It's my birthday party. I'm thinking host dress, evening dress, then, mm, after - hours casual." Lydia explains.

"I noticed that you didn't send out any invites." Allison says to her.

Lydia scoffs. "It's the biggest party of the year, Allison. Everyone knows." 

Allison nods, and continues saying. "I was wondering if maybe this year things, you know, might be different."

"Why would anything be different?" Lydia asks her.

"Just 'cause things have been off lately." Allison answers. "Things and people. Like Jackson."

Lydia looks at me then to Allison. "What do you care about Jackson?" Lydia asks, slightly bitter.

 Allison smiles, shaking her head, asking, "Do you know if he's coming tonight?"

"Everyone's coming." Lydia answers. Allison looks at me, uncomfortably, I give her a small frown. Lydia holds out a dress for us to see. This one's American rag. Mm, I love it. For me, not you guys. This one's material girl. It's for you." Lydia tells Allison. Aunt Victoria knocks on the wall, signalling she was here. I send her a light smile. "Ms. Argent. What do you think of this one?"

"Oh, it's lovely." Aunt Victoria answers. She looks at Allie. "Allison, uh, can I grab you for a moment to talk? Just the two of us." 

Allison looks at Lydia and I. I nod at her, signalling for her to go. "Um, can we do it later?" Allison asks. I sigh. 

"Actually, uh, to be honest, sooner would be - would be better." Aunt V says, rubbing her shoulder. I give her a concerned look.

Lydia chimes in. "Party's at 10:00."

"Oh." Aunt V says to her. She looks back at Allison. "Um, will you be around before then?" 

"I think so." Allison answers.

 "You think so." Aunt V repeats. 

Allison sighs. "I don't know." Allison tells her mother. I look at Aunt V again, noticing something off. "You think so?" Allison asks, holding the dress for us to see.

"Well, it does have black on it..." Lydia says, looking at the dress. "No, it's too much."

"I think I like it." Allison says.

Lydia nods and holds up a necklace to the dress. "You like it?" 

"Yeah, no, I do." Allison answers.

"You Mel?" Lydia asks and the two girls look at me. 

"Yeah." I say, smiling. "I'll be right back, oh and Happy Birthday, Lydia." 

Lydia smiles. "Oh, thank you. I actually appreciate that." Lydia says, smiling at me. I smile at her and laugh lightly, before walking out of the room.

Down the hall, I see Aunt V, walking towards the stairs. "Aunt V!" I exclaim, getting her attention. She turns and looks at me. "Are you okay? You seemed nervous or something in the room." I say to her, giving her a concerned look.

She smiles at me. "I'm okay Melanie." She says. I hear her heartbeat skip. I honestly will never understand this all.

"You're lying." I mutter.

She sighs. "Melanie, I need you to promise me something." She says to me. I nod, giving her a confused look. "Look out for Allison. Protect her." She tells her.

Now I'm really confused. "What's going on, Aunt V?" I ask her.

She smiles lightly and shakes her head. "Nothing you need to worry about. Just promise me you will protect her. You'll protect each other." 

I nod at her. "Of course, I promise." I tell her. She nods and hugs me, which takes me by surprise but I hug her back anyway.

"You're a lot braver than you think you are. You just need to find that spark within you." Victoria whispers to me. "Nous aidons ceux qui nous aident. Et nous chassons ceux, qui ont mal d'autres." She whispers to me before pulling out of the hug. She gives me a small smile before walking downstairs. 

I sigh, taking a deep breath, watching as she walked away.

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Stiles, Scott and I were outback of Lydia's house. The party was going on, or well it was supposed to be. Allison, Stiles, Scott and I, and I few others -including Greenberg- was here. 

"Have you seen Jackson anywhere?" Stiles asks us as he walks up to us. He hugs me quickly, smiling. 

"No." Scott answers. "Seen Allison?" Scott asks us. I shake my head. 

"No, but we should probably tell her what we found." Stiles says.

I look at the two boys confused. "What'd you find?" I ask.

"I'm still kind of not sure what we found." Scott says. 

"I figured out it has something to do with water. You know, the fact that all the victims were on the swim team, the way the Kanima reacted around the pool." Stiles explains.

"So whoever's controlling the Kanima really hates the swim team?"

"Hated the swim team." Stiles corrected. "Specifically, the 2006 swim team. So it could be another teacher. Maybe like a student back then. I mean, who are we missing though? What haven't we thought of?" Stiles asks us.

Allison walks up to the three of us. "Uh, Jackson's not here." She tells us. 

"Yeah, no one's here." Stiles says. 

"Maybe it's just early." Scott says. 

"Or maybe nobody's coming because Lydia's turned into the town whack-job." Stiles says. I hit him on the arm, glaring. "Ow!" He exclaims. 

Allison sighs, "Well, we have to do something, because we've completely ignored her for the past two weeks." 

"Allison's not wrong, we've completely been ignoring her." I tell them.

"We don't owe her a party." Scott says. 

"What about the chance to get back to normal?" I ask him, running a hand through my hair.

"Normal?" Scott asks.

"She wouldn't be the town whack-job if it wasn't for us." I answer, looking at Scott. 

Scott sighs, nodding. "I guess I could use my co - captain status to get the lacrosse team here."

"Yeah, I also know some people who can get this thing going. Like, really going." Stiles answers, pulling out his phone. 

"Who?" Allison asks, confused. 

"I met them the other night. Let's just say they know how to party." My eyes widen at Stiles words.

"Is it who I think it is?" I ask him. He smirks lightly at me. "Tell Queenie I say they better come!" I tell him as he goes towards the yard, dialing the number.

Allison looks at me confused. "Queenie?" She asks.

"You'll find out." I tell her before walking off to go find Lydia.

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"Lydia!" I exclaim, walking up to her. 

She smiles at me. "You're here!" She says happily, hugging me lightly. I hug her back before pulling away.

"I got you something." I tell her before taking out a small box from my purse.

She smiles before opening the box. "Mel!" She exclaims. "It's beautiful!" She tells me.

"I'm glad you like it!" I say.

"Like it? I love it!" She says.

I smile. "Allison and I have matching ones."

She smiles at me before hugging me. I hug her back. The doorbell rings, causing her and I to part. 

"Go answer the door, I'm gonna go find Allison." I tell her. She nods before walking off. I walk off to find Allison.

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I stood off to the side with Allison, drinking some of the punch Lydia made, watching a whole bunch of people dancing and having fun. "We have to tell her soon. She deserves to know."

"I know, but what if it puts her in more danger." Allison says.

"What if we don't tell her and this time it kills her." I say, looking away from my cousin and over to our Strawberry Blonde best friend. I decide to drop the topic. "Have you talked to your mother?" I ask her.

She gives me a confused look. "No, why?" She asks me.

"She was just acting weird earlier." I tell her. She sighs. "I have to go find Stiles. I'll be right back." I tell her, handing her my now empty cup. That was like my fourth cup.

---

I end up walking over towards Stiles and Scott, who were by the pool. "Then you should definitely apologize." I hear Stiles say. "See, any time a guy thinks he hasn't done anything wrong, it means he's definitely done something wrong. Trust me."

"Really?" I ask Stiles. He jumps and turns and faces me. "He's not wrong, Scott." I tell the teen wolf as I wrap my arm around Stiles' waist. He smiles at me.

Scott looks at Allison then back to Stiles and I. "I'm not apologizing."

"Is that the full moon talking, buddy?" Stiles asks.

"I'll be right back." I tell Stiles. He nods, kissing my head before I walk away, back to the punch table, still in hearing distance though.

Scott nods. "Probably." He looks at Stiles. "Why do you care anyway?"

"Because, Scott, something's gotta go right here." Stiles says. "I mean, were getting our asses royally kicked, if you hadn't noticed. People are dying. I got my dad fired. You're gonna be held back in school. Melanie's lying to me about something, and I'm still crazy in love with her. And on top of that, I gotta watch you lose Allison to stalker Matt, I'm gonna stab myself."

He knows I'm lying. Shit.

Wait, he said he was in love with me.

I sigh, smiling to myself before taking a sip of punch, looking up at the moon. I pass by Jackson, giving him a slightly forced smile before going inside.

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I walk out of the bathroom. I was now upstairs of Lydia's house. I had my phone to my ear, talking. "So you're not answering cause you're probably busy dealing with the Beta's but call me. Or text if you need any help."

I put my phone in my pocket, looking around. I watch as a woman with dark blondish hair walks into Lydia's room. I look down the hall, confused, following her. I open the door to Lydia's room, seeing no one in it. "What the hell?" I mutter before walking inside. I walk towards the window, looking at the full moon.

The door slams behind me. I jump and turn around, facing the doorway. The door was closed. "You always jumped so easily." I hear a voice. It sent chills down my back. I turn and see my mother. My breathing hitches.

"What? How are you here?" I ask, trying to catch my breath. "You're dead."

She smirks. "Am I really?" She asks me, walking towards me. I back away till my back hits the door. "Your eyes." She mutters. I give her a confused look. "Oh sweetheart. You're changing."

"What am I?" I ask her.

"I don't know." She tells me.

I groan. "Yes you do!" I exclaim. She doesn't respond. "Who's my father? I deserve to know who he is at least."

She smiles at me. "He's a lot closer than you think."

"Who?!" I yell. I feel a pain slightly in my fingers, looking down. I gasp as I see claws, wolf claws.

She smirks. "Oh my beautiful daughter. Everything is going to change for you."

I fell tears well up in my eyes as the claws on my fingers disappear. "What is going on with me?" I cry out. 

"You're going to be a lot stronger. And a lot of changes are going to happen. But you need to stay brave." She tells me. I nod at her. "I didn't get to say goodbye to you so I am now."

"Why did you do it?" I ask her. "Why did you kill the Hale's?" I ask, giving her a look.

She looks out the window, to the full moon. "One day." She tells me.

"One day what?" I ask. 

"You'll learn." She says to me.

"Learn what?!" I yell at her, confused on why she was being so vague. 

She smirks at me before a sharp pain spreads through my abdomen. I let out a shriek, seeing an arrow sticking out of me. I look back up, seeing my mother, gone. Instead, in her place, was a mirror image of me. 

"Pull it out." She tells me. I give her a confused look. "Pull it out!" She exclaims. 

I groan as I pull out the arrow. "What the hell?" I mutter as I drop the arrow on the ground. I look back at her.

"Good, now shift." She tells me. 

"Shift?" I question. 

She rolls her eyes. "Fine, attack me. Use you abilities. Do something!" She yells.

"I don't- I don't know how!" I tell her. 

She smirks. "Get angry."

"I am!" I exclaim.

"Not angry enough." She says. She swings at me. I duck before she could hit me. I look at her like she was crazy. Though she is me.

"What the hell?" I ask her, angrily. She grabs me by my shoulders, swinging me into the wall. I land on the floor. I glare at her angrily.

"Get up!" She exclaims.

I stand up, glaring. "What do you want from me?!"

"I want you to get mad!" She yells, trowing me across the room before walking over to me, pulling me up by my arm. I grab onto her arm, flipping her onto the ground. I pick her up off the ground, swinging at her. I miss as she ducks her head away from me. I grab her arm, twisting it around her back, before shoving her to the ground.

"I am mad!" I yell as I feel a pull in my teeth as my fingers grow the claws again. She smirks at me, standing up. I can see green in my eyes from Lydia's mirror. They shift to a purple color.

"Perfect." She says. I fall to the ground, everything turning to blackness.

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"Melanie!" I hear someone yell as they shook me. I gasp, waking up, looking around. I was still in Lydia's room. I see Stiles leaning over me. "Hey." He says, smiling lightly at me. I smile at him as he helps me stand. "You're bleeding." He tells me, holding up my hands. My eyes widen as I look at the tips of my fingers, seeing the blood on them. "What happened?"

I shake my head, not wanting to tell him everything. "I saw my mother." I mutter. "What happened? Why did I see her?"

"The punch Lydia made had wolfsbane or something in it. Made everyone crazy." He says to me.

I sigh, leaning my head on his shoulder. He wraps his arms around me, holding me close to him. "We need to talk, Stiles." I tell him.

"I know and we will." Stiles tells me, not moving me out of his embrace.

My phone starts ringing, making me pull out of Stiles' arms. I sigh as I answer it. "Hello?"

"Melanie." I hear uncle Chris say. 

"Yeah?" I say to him, confused.

He sighs. "You need to get Allison and come to the hospital."

"Oh my god, what's wrong?" I ask him.

"It's Victoria." He says. My blood runs cold.

I stay silent for a few moments. "We'll be right there." I whisper before hanging up.

"Mel? Mel, what's wrong?" Stiles asks me as I stand up. 

I sigh, shaking lightly. "It's Victoria. I think she's dead." I tell him. His eyes widen.

"Oh my gosh." Stiles says.

"I- I need to find Allison." I tell him.

He nods, helping me stand up. "Do you want me to go with you?" He asks me.

I shake my head, walking towards the door. "Find Scott. After this we need to find the Kanima Master." I tell him before leaving the room to find Allison.

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Allison and I walked out of the elevator in hospital wing where Uncle Chris was. Allison and I were both crying silently. We watched as a cop walked away from my uncle.

Chris looks at us and then looks into the room where a body laid, covered by a plain white sheet. He looks at us, sadly.

Allison starts crying, shaking slightly. "No." She says, shaking her head in denial.

"Baby..." Chris trails off.

"No." Allison says again, forcefully, as she walks closer to him. I walk closer behind her, tears falling down my face. "No. Dad. No, Dad! If this is some kind of sick training session, you had... You better tell me! You better tell us!" Allison exclaims as I put a hand to my mouth, trying to stay quiet.

"No." Uncle Chris says. "I'm sorry." He says. Allison's mouth opens in shock and denial. "I'm sorry."

"I hate..." Allison mutters, trailing off.

"I'm sorry." Chris says as more tears fall down my face. "I'm sorry." He says again, wrapping his arms around her.

"You..." She trails off again.

Chris looks over her shoulder, looking at me in utter sadness. "I'm sorry." He says to both of us.

"What happened?" Allison asks, incredulously, through the tears. "What..." Allison sobs, looking through the window. 

"Sweetie..." Chris trails off. "Shh, shh, shh." He says to her. He looks at me, motioning me over. I slowly walk over to the two. Chris pulls me into his arms as he held Allison. "I'm sorry." He says. Allison cries. "I'm sorry, girls." He mutters. 

I look over his shoulder, looking through the glass window, at my aunt sheet covered body; tears still falling down my face.

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So this chapter is complete! I think this is one of the longest chapters in this book. 3 more left guys!!! I can't wait till season 3! Anyways guys, what did you think of this chapter? Kate showed up,,, and so did Melanie.. Anyways this chapter was so chaotic. Stiles' knows Melanie's lying about something and also said a few things!! Victoria had a small heart-to-heart thing with Melanie. Her death won't affect Melanie like how it did with Allison but it will hurt her deeply, knowing that most of her family is now dead. She still doesn't know who her father is and what the hell is going on with her. Any thoughts??? Anyways please comment guys. Thanks for reading. Bye.

-Kelly.